Overskirt



Sept. 15, 1959 H. SCHIMMEL ETAL 2,903,707

OVERSKIRT Filed March 25, 1957 //VVE/VTOE5 JH/VEY SCH/MMEL, Many/v fV/LLf/B .ScH/MMfiL;

United States Patent OVERSKIRT Henry Schimmel and Madalyn Miller Schimrnel, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Application March 25, 1957, Serial No. 648,287

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-221) The present invention relates to an overskirt which is so constructed as to permit its use by women of different waist size.

An object of the invention is the provision of an overskirt of attractive appearance and which may be readily applied over a skirt or dress to change a plain or basic skirt or dess into a cocktail or party skirt or dress.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a portion of the overskirt and showing the waist band construction, and,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the overskirt.

Referring now with particularity to the drawing, the overskirt 1 may be either full or slim, split or one piece, shirred, pleated, gored, circular, draped or fiounced, of any and all materials, weight and textures. The overskirt 1 is fashioned to be worn over any ordinary skirt or dress. The waist portion 2 of said overskirt is sewed or otherwise secured to an elastic band 3 of any predetermined width. The waist portion 2 is adapted to have the marginal edges 4 and 5 secured together by any type of quick detachable means, such as by ordinary hooks and eyes 6 and 7, of which there may be a plurality, a zipper, belt buckle or buttons of any type. Adapted to overlie and to allow for expansion of the elastic belt 3 is a cummerbund 8. As illustrated in the drawing, the overskirt is split, and the elastic band 3 extends to the side marginal edges 4 and 5 thereof. It is within the purview of our invention to form the overskirt without a split portion, if desired.

The cummerbund has a greater length than the elastic band 3 prior to stretch of said elastic band. The cummerbund 8 is secured by sewing to the marginal edges 4 and 5 as, for instance, indicated in Figure l, by inner transverse end tapes 9 and 10, which cover and give finish to the ends of the cummerbund and to the elastic band.

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As stated, from the marginal ends, the cummerbund 8 is free of connection with the skirt or elastic band. This oummerbund may and does, in the present instance, vary in width from the medial length of said cummerbund to the ends thereof, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, at 11. If desired, the cummerbund may be folded or shirred or otherwise ornamented, but in principle, the cummerbund throughout its length has greater width than that of the elastic band to assure that the elastic band will at all times be covered when the band is encircling the waist of the user.

The operation, uses and advantages of the invention are as follows:

The elastic band 3 is adapted to resiliently encircle the waist with sufiicient tension to assure non-slippable and correct fitting of the overskirt upon its wearer. Ob-

viously, different size waists may be accommodated, due

to the fact that the cummerbund, by being loose, will allow considerable expansion of the said elastic band, and will accommodate difi'erent size waists. Normally, an

overskirt of this type may be made in different sizes, as.

is self evident but, as a rule, a single overskirt will accommodate more than one size waist. As a consequence, it is unnecessary for the retailer or for the user to obtain a different size overskirt for each different size waist in order to have a dressy appearing overskirt which fits properly upon the body of a wearer. Obviously, the quick ldetachable elements are hidden, as shown in Figure 1, and the overskirt thus attached around the Waist will, due to its styling of skirt, drape itself about the street skirt or other basic skirt and, in fact, it is possible to reverse the position of the overskirt and wear the split portion in the front of the basic skirt so that the under basic skirt is exposed, as is self-evident.

We claim:

An overskirt of split waist form providing two marginal side edges, said overskirt having an elastic waist portion, detachable elements for joining the waist portion at said marginal side edges, and a cummerbund of greater length than the elastic waist portion to loosely overlie the same and secured at its ends to the overskirt at the mar ginal side edges thereof.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 349,910 Standen Sept. 28, 1886 1,130,506 Goodman Mar. 2, 1915 1,519,877 Piotrowski Dec. 16, 1924 2,655,659 Swearingen Oct. 20, 1953 

